Thank you Net Galley and Amazon Crossing for this book.

I found this book difficult as I felt bad for the main character, Mona. I found that she didn't have an adult to turn to growing up which impacted her later in life in her relationships.


I found Mona's stepmother, Marie hard-to-take and a bit over the top, and dramatic. I was glad that her Father gave Mona what she needed at the end.

i feel that it seemed like it was Mona in more than 3 acts more like 4 or 5. Maybe because this was translated?


I did enjoy the book overall and look forward to hear what others think.

I enjoyed the book and really liked it. Waiting to hear more from the author. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the arc.

Mona’s demanding mother ruled their home until a car crash took her life and changed their family forever. Left to tend to a distant father and a needy younger brother, Mona finds her new role almost too much to bear. And when a new stepmother, troubled and depressed, adds yet another crack to the family portrait, Mona’s forced to shoulder an even greater share of the emotional burden.

Somewhere between her responsibility to her family and to her own life, Mona finds a route of escape: in a theater career, she craves. But for every challenge ahead—romantic, professional, sexual, and familial—Mona wonders how much of her future has already been defined by the challenges of her past.

An emotional, funny, and universal novel about the people, experiences, and choices that make us who we are, Mona in Three Acts is a revelatory journey of a woman’s self-discovery, forgiveness, and courage to finally speak her truth.

I enjoyed Mona in Three Acts. It is a book with all you want, humor, forgiveness, betrayal and becoming all Mona can be. Very good.